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The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride located at the Disneyland Park in California. Success of the attraction has lead to adaptations of the ride in other Disney theme parks. Bla Disney California Adventure Park, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park in France.

History
According to Imagineer Theron Skees, the creation of the tower was to generate more visits to the park and to oblige guests' requests for an attraction representing horror and sci-fi films.


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 * When it closed
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Ride Mechanics
Robocoaster, etc)
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Cast

 * Mark Silverman as Rod Serling (Digitally altered footage of Serling from "It's a Good Life" is used in visual representations ): Silverman auditioned for the role at Walt Disney Imagineering several times before he was picked from the scores of voice actors being considered. The final decision of Silverman's employment was made by Serling's widow, Carol Serling. To prepare for the role, Silverman spoke in Serling's accent "day and night", watched old episodes of The Twilight Zone, and acquired a book of Serling's monologues on the show. He also made a conscious effort for his voice-over to have a "natural" sound, in contrast to a comedic impersonation. Silverman has had additional work with Disney, playing the voice of Friend Owl in the special editions and video game versions of Bambi.

Queue

 * Entrance
 * Theming
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Pre-show

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 * Video etc
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Ride

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Reception

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Disney California Adventure Park version
Tallest attraction at the Disneyland Resort at 183 feet.

Walt Disney Studios Park version
Development of this version began at the same time as development on the DCA version did.

Opened on December 22, 2007.

Official websites

 * Disney's Hollywood Studios version
 * Disney California Adventure version
 * Tokyo DisneySea version
 * Walt Disney Studios version